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YC companies founded by ex-Strategy& people

13 Y Combinator companies with a founder who worked at Strategy& before.

Updated weekly, last on November 9, 2026. Roster from Y Combinator's public directory.

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
24 roles
ARQS21
See all 1
Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+331%
LinewiseX25
  1. 2Bolna AI+59%
  2. 3ARQ+49%
See all 6
Raised the mostlast 12 months
$9.9M
SirdabW23
  1. 2Bolna AI$6.3M
  2. 3Linewise$6M
See all 3
Companies
13
Active
9
Hiring, last 60 days
1
Open roles, 60 days
24
People on these teams
637
Showing 13 of 13 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
The global financial platform for affluent consumers in the Americas.
S21277+49%+147%24
Taali is creating popcorn 2.0 from popped water lily seeds
W1963 +9%0$150KYC investment$150K, Mar 2019
Voice AI to enable India's next billion
F2562+59%+377%YC$6.4MSeed$6.3M, Jan 2026
Cloud warehousing & supply chain platform in MENA
W2360+13%+20%YC$10.4MSeries A$9.9M, Sep 2026
Industrial data layer for physical RSI
X2556+331% 0$7.6MSeed$6M, Jun 2026
TrueNorth gives truckers a single place to manage their business.
W20Inactive46+5%−2%0
Customer service AI that resolves requests end-to-end.
S2224+14%+20%0$3.4MNon-equity support$500K, Aug 2023
Real-Time Collaborative Transport Management Platform
S2123−8% 0$4.5MSeed$4M, Dec 2021
Build fully functional apps with AI.
W2212+33% YC
Org design and workforce planning platform to drive org transformation
W2260%−68%0Non-equity supportApr 2025
Increasing restaurant profitability through our AI Operating System
S21Acquired5−17%−17%0$6.1MSeed$6M, Aug 2022
Marketplace enabling social commerce for brands and content creators.
W20Inactive2  0$1.1MSeed$750K, Apr 2020
Real-Time Classifieds
S14Inactive1  0SeedJul 2014

How this works

1. The roster

Every launched company in YC's public directory, with its batch, status, industry and location. New companies show up the week YC lists them.

2. The numbers

Each company is matched to Crustdata by its website. Crustdata adds team size and its change over 6 and 12 months, open roles from job postings, reported funding, and founders' past employers.

3. The lists

Hiring the most counts distinct roles posted in the last 60 days. Growth needs 10+ people today, shrinking 20+ a year ago, so tiny teams do not top the lists. Rebuilt every week.

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The numbers on this page come from three Crustdata API calls. Crustdata tags 5,000+ companies with Y Combinator as an investor; swap the filter for any investor, industry or headcount range and track your own list, with founders' work emails one call away.

  • Company search for team size, growth and funding
  • Job search with a count by company, for who is hiring and for what
  • A watch that re-runs the search weekly and sends only what changed
# 1. every company with Y Combinator as an investor
curl https://api.crustdata.com/company/search \
  -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_API_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \
  -d '{
    "filters": { "field": "funding.investors",
                 "type": "in", "value": ["Y Combinator"] },
    "fields": ["basic_info.name",
      "headcount.total", "headcount.growth_percent",
      "funding.total_investment_usd"],
    "limit": 100
  }'

# 2. open listings per company, last 60 days (limit 0 = counts only)
curl https://api.crustdata.com/job/search \
  -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_API_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \
  -d '{
  "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
    { "field": "company.basic_info.company_id",
      "type": "in", "value": [...] },
    { "field": "metadata.date_added",
      "type": "=>", "value": "2026-08-24" } ]},
  "limit": 0,
  "aggregations": [{ "type": "group_by",
    "field": "company.basic_info.company_id", "agg": "count" }]
}'

# 3. the same company filter as a weekly watch: POST /watch/company/search

Questions about ex-Strategy& founded YC companies

How many ex-Strategy& founded YC companies are there?

13 Y Combinator companies have a founder who worked at Strategy&; 9 are active.

Which ex-Strategy& founded YC companies are hiring?

1 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by ARQ (24 roles). 4 mark themselves as hiring on YC's directory.

Which ex-Strategy& founded YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Linewise (+331%), Bolna AI (+59%) and ARQ (+49%).

Which ex-Strategy& founded YC companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Sirdab ($9.9M), Bolna AI ($6.3M) and Linewise ($6M).

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